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Originally Posted by Manabi
FLAC is a lossless audio codec. This means it compresses the audio filesize (roughly 50% on average) without losing any information in the process. Codecs like MP3 are lossy, and lose information in the compression stage. Lossless codecs are great, you can convert them back into WAV format, burn a CD and have the original CD album perfectly duplicated.
To be fair there, most people don't notice the difference. However, it tends to be more noticeable in classical music. So their using lossless is a great move.
If it's really FLAC, then any player that supports FLAC should work fine, not just their proprietary player. And it's pretty easy to convert FLAC to a codec that works in popular media players like iTunes.
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Thanks for the primer on flac. I vaguely remember the loseless aspect about it, and that's about it. Now, if I just don't forget what you said about it . . . .
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Originally Posted by Manabi
I've signed up and once I get an E-mail for the free download page I'll try it out and report back. So far I've only received an E-mail telling me of the wonderful free benefits, containing no link to this month's freebies.  |
I wanted to test the instructions/system, but I didn't know any way to do it since I was already a member. Sorry. I'll see what, if anything, that I can suggest for you all to try.